You'd think the people riding beside you would run away and hide somewhere that is nowhere near the place you would transform/de transform.
Well... you're wrong.
"You're the Ninja?" Heidi repeated.
"What? No." Howard came into Randy's defense, "Just because someone blabbed about being the Ninja and hangs out with his sidekick doesn't mean he's the brucest guy in town. Not that I think you're not the brucest guy in town."
Randy slapped his face in annoyance.
"OMG!" Theresa screamed.
"Randy's the Ninja!" Bucky exclaimed.
"No, way!" Morgan actually smiled for the first time.
"Hey!" Debbie pointed a finger at Randy as if remembering something.
"What an uncanny discovery." Julian said.
Randy was thankful Bash's friends weren't there for him. Plus he was amused when he fainted.
"This is the biggest news to his Norisville! Eat this, Telly Minnow!" Just as Heidi was about to send her recorded video of the confession, Randy tackled her.
"Heidi you can't tell anyone I'm the Ninja!" Randy tried to pry the phone out of Heidi but she threw it at Debbie.
"I got her!" Howard threw himself at Debbie but she threw the phone to Bash.
"Hana, stop him!" Randy cried as Bucky and Julien subdued him.
"Hana? Ha! That's a girl's..." Before Bash could finish his insult, Hana took off her mask.
Immediately, the boys gawked in surprise as multiple romantic images flashed in their minds. Randy and Hana took the opportunity to break free and grab the phone.
"Don't smash it!" Heidi pleaded.
"I'm not gonna smash it." Randy replied, "I'm just gonna delete the evidence."
"Randy stop!" Heidi desperately grabbed his leg.
"Oh now you know my name." Randy rolled his eyes, finger inches away from the delete button.
"Think about the fame! Your fans! Everyone would adore you without the mask." Heidi screamed. This caused Randy to reconsider the idea... until Heidi took back her phone.
"Please tell me there's an ancient Ninja-Mind-Wipe." Randy begged Hana.
"Actually, there is." She motioned a pigeon to land on her finger. She made a few moves with her other hand, causing the pigeon to faint. When it woke up, it donned a hat and suitcase. It started walking backwards right into a cat's mouth before closing it.
The sight made everyone scream except Hana, "Funny. The same thing happened to my Uncle Keung 800 years ago. He thought he was a pig and gave himself a lava bath."
"Randy, we promise we won't tell anyone you're the Ninja." Theresa shivered along with the others.
"Just don't Ninja-Mind-Wipe us." Debbie pleaded, "My grade point average depends on it."
"I won't Ninja-Mind-Wipe you." Randy declared.
"Good. Can I have my phone back?" Heidi asked.
"Look guys; it's nothing personal." Randy juggled her phone between his hands, "But I..."
"If anyone finds out he's the Ninja, they'd go after him and his family. Even you guys." Hana finished. Randy's classmates considered her words and started feeling guilty, "Don't make the same mistake I made 800 years ago."
"Can I at least get an interview for the Norisville Fair?" Heidi asked, "No revealing whatsoever." The others nodded their heads in agreement.
"Deal." Randy tossed Heidi back her phone, "Just make sure you get my bruce-tastic side."
"You can do that tomorrow during our Ninja Training." Hana proposed, "You guys can come along too."
"Us? Watching the Ninja train?" Debbie's eyes shimmered in excitement.
"That is so bruce! I mean.. whatever." Morgan hid her excitement but deep down, she was waiting to explode.
"Tomorrow? But we were going to beat our own high scores in Grave Punchers." Howard protested.
"So... You said I smelled like rainbows." Theresa blushed, remembering the time he saved her.
"Huh? Oh yeah. Well, not entirely." Randy blushed, "What I meant was... like a garden of different, flowers and..."
"Hey! No offense on everything. Right?" Bash interrupted.
"It's cool, Man. I've done a lot worst. Sorry about your bike." Randy replied before turning to Bucky, "And sorry about dissing your song like that."
"Can't blame you. It sounded something from a kid's cartoon. So I took the liberty of writing a new song for the Fair." Bucky produced some music sheets and sang his new song. But once he did, everyone cringed.
"SHUT UP! SHUT THAT INFERNAL RACKET!" Hana exploded. For a moment there, her eyes turned reptilian and she spoke in a loud demonic voice, causing everyone to stare at her in confusion.
"Guess you're not used to this century's music, huh?" Luckily for her, Bucky wasn't taking it hard.
"Sorry." Hana blushed.
"Hold on. You're over 800 years old?" Debbie exclaimed in surprised.
"Coma." Hana emphasized.
"Oh you poor thing." Theresa emphasized.
"Oh that's horrible." Julien gasped, "Yet intriguing."
"So what happened to your folks?" Morgan asked.
"It's a long story." Hana mused as she began telling her story. While everyone else listened, Howard looked on with jealousy.
"See you guys tomorrow." Randy waved his friends good-bye. As the group went their separate ways.
"You should've just Ninja-Mind-Wipe them. " Howard fumed.
"Hey! I'm over here." Heidi scolded, "Thanks for the interview again, Randy. And everything else that you did for me. Being turned into a Demon Dog by that creepy lady was the schnastiest thing that ever happen to me."
"On the bright side; she knew how to throw a club party." Randy quipped.
"Yeah." Heidi agreed, "Although did you have to leave us with Howard? It took us hours to get out of that underground cavern."
"Well it sounded like a good idea." Randy admitted.
"We really should get going." Hana began pulling Randy away, "You need your rest for tomorrow's training."
"Is there a Ninja technique where you can make your worst enemy disappear?" Heidi asks excitedly.
"You'll see." Hana grinned before leaving with Randy.
"Come on Howard." Heidi grabbed her brother's arm, "We gotta rise up bright and early tomorrow if I wanna upstage Telly's tribute to the Ninjas on the Fair Day."
"Yay." Howard said half-heartedly. For some strange reason, he had a suspicious feeling about Hana.
Hana arrived at Randy''s house and settled him down. Suddenly, the door open, revealing Randy's parents.
"Oh Black Ninja. Thank you for bringing our son back home." Mrs. Cunningham rushed over to Randy and gave him a hug. Luckily for him, Hana wore her mask up.
"We were worried when that robot attacked the theme park you and your friend went to." Mr. Cunningham said.
"But we're so glad you're safe." Mrs. Cunningham finished.
"Yeah. Thanks to the Ninjas." Randy winked at Hana.
"I love to hang around, but I gotta go meet up with my partner. Smoke Bomb!" With that, the Black Ninja disappeared into the night.
As Randy prepared to go to bed, he saw his parents watching the recent Robot Attack in the news.
"The Ninja is really lucky to have a sidekick working beside him." Mrs. Cunningham mused.
"And Norisville is lucky to have two wonderful heroes to always save the day no matter what." Mr. Cunningham added, "If only our Randy was that responsible. It would be really nice if he could help with cleaning out the garage."
Hearing that made Randy feel inferior to his Ninja side. Even his parents depend on his Ninja side.
"It was still sweet of him to plant those flowers for me." By the time she said that, Randy was already in his room.
Randy was already sprawled on his bed when someone knocked on his window.
"Hey." Hana greeted as he opened his window, "Sorry about showing-off in front of your parents."
"Nah. It's cool." He brushed it off, "Thanks for helping me back there. I would've been toast if it weren't for you."
"I doubt you'll taste good even with jelly." Hana joked, causing the two to laugh.
"Must've been great saving lives back in the old days, huh?" Randy mused.
"Not when your own brothers were jealous of you." Hana countered, "I worked in secret. Whenever something happened in the night, I pretend to be asleep, only to wear the mask and save the day. I never got to tell my brothers about that. They were still too overprotective. The only time I finally got the chance to tell them, was when..."
She didn't have to finish. Randy could tell it happened on the day she sacrificed her lives for them.
"You know; you're really lucky to have a large group of friends." Hana continued, "Friends who always stick by your side, whether you're a hero or not."
"Yeah." Randy smiled grimly before yawning, "Well, see you tomorrow, Coach. Oyasumi."
"Oyasumi." Hana replied before disappearing into the night.
Randy closed the window, and went to bed, already excited for what tomorrow will bring.
The school was silent in the night. Not a single soul roamed the halls except for a being clad in black. The Tengu Stone glimmered in the darkness. A gloved hand touch it, causing it to radiate with so much energy that the ground opened, revealing a large stone in the middle. The figure leaped and landed on the stone. It looked around, only to find a lone rat beckoning to it, leading it to a cluster of green orbs tied together in a worn-out cloth. The figure picked it up, not minding the rat climbing on its shoulder, before once more disappearing into the night.
The rat soon find himself and his mysterious companion in a system of caves. He got off as the being sat cross-legged on the ground, its eyes glowing and radiating with black energy. The orbs in his hands began to levitate and glow green. When the light died down, the orbs embedded themselves on the hips of a green creature wearing a Japanese outfit. The creature looked at himself in confusion as a light of purple energy appeared, revealing another creature who was like the last one, only it was a female wearing a violet robe.
They both turned toward the being who summoned them, only to gasp with hate...
"NINJA!"
Both beings radiated with energy, but before either of them could attack, the being leaped out of the way, revealing themselves to each other.
"Sorcerer?"
"Sorceress?"
"My Darling!" Both beings cried in glee as the revived Sorcerer grabbed his long-lost love and dipped her.
"Ahem?"
The moment was interrupted, causing them to turn their gazes towards the one who summoned them. It took off its mask, revealing the scowling face of the Black Ninja, Hana.